[Rarebooks] FS: Ford, An Artist Records the California Missions

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FORD, HENRY CHAPMAN (1828-1894). 

_An Artist Records the California Missions. Edited with an Introduction
by Norman Neuerburg_. 

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1989. Series: _Book Club of
California Publication_, No. 192. 

Oblong 4to. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. xl, 100, [2] pp. Half-title, color
frontispiece tipped-in, title page with two-toned decorative rule, 66
figures, 6 color plates, each mission introduced with their name within
a colored rule, index; text clean, unmarked. Quarter beige linen,
patterned cloth over boards, printed paper spine label, plain paper
dust-jacket; binding square and tight, jacket with very minor shelf wear
and toning. Original prospectus laid in. Bob Cates' copy. Near Fine. 

$ 65 

LIMITED EDITION of 450 copies, designed and printed by Patrick Reagh,
Printers. "Ford's etching of the California missions, perhaps the most
frequently reproduced depictions of these structures, were influential
in drawing the attention of the public to them. His ambitious text which
was to have been illustrated with his art remained incomplete upon his
death. Portions of that work are here published for the first time."
REFERENCE: Harlan, _The Two Hundredth Book_, No. 192. 

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